Bus-body sill



M. L. wu-:NER

June 26, 1928.

BUS BODY S ILL Filed Nov. 16, 192e Patented June 26, 1928. l

,.AUNITED STATES' Max L. WIENER, 0E NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.'

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Application filed November 16, 1926.k Serial No. 148,334.

f This invention relates to frame structures for. Wheeled vehicle bodies, particularly to types used in omnibus construction and has special reference to the sillsand-posts las carriednby the chassis. i

In such vstructures it is desirable to maintain the flooring at as low a level as is possible, to provide adequatesupports vfor the superstructure, these to include, longitudinally extending beams or sills on each side and means for effectively and securely fastening the body posts to the sills.

It is a further feature to improve the postsby rendering them in condition to be readily bent at their lowerends and at the same time materially reenforced.

It is also an important ob'ect to provid-e a sill structure of simple character, possessing great strength and ability to resist flexure in any direction, and which is light in weight and essentially practical to construct.

These several advantages are accomplished by the novel construction and arrangement ofl parts hereinafter fdescribed andV shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in whichz* l Figure 1 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of the invention, the section being taken on line 1-1 of Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a partial transverse sectional view of the same, taken on linel 2*-2 of Figure 1. l

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the sill elements in detail.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective View of the sill and frame post.

In these Views the numeral 10 designates one of a pair of conventional chassis side frames, the same being of channel shaped cross section with the web presented out-4 wardly and reach the full length of the truck. v

In order to provide the necessary width required for a bus body, a plurality of outriggers 11 are secured at spaced intervals to the webs of the channels 10, the out-riggers being comprised of a flat metal plate bent to present a triangular brace 12 having at its base a flange 13 held by rivets 14 to the channel web; bent at a right angle from the upper, straight edge of the brace 12 is a horizontal shelf 15, extending over the base 13 and reaching over the upper flange of the channel 10 to be held by rivets 16,

These outrliggersfact as supports for sills, generally designated by the numeral 17, thesame consisting ofrolled Z bars having webs 18 and upper and lower yflanges 19 and 20 respectively. f Y

The lowerrflange is provided with a series of smalLopenings 21 to receive floor bolts and larger openings 22 to receive bolts-23 passing through the floor, fiange and upper element y15 of the out-'riggersnear-their outer ends. Y v f The upper flange 19 is sheared to present openings 24, the material between ythe cuts being bent vupwardly to form lugs 25 regis tering with the web 18 ,of the sill, and the web and lugsare provided withk perforations -26 to receive bolts., y

The posts 27 are of such width asto neatly fill the flange spaces 24, and shaped to seat against the lugs 25, being secured by bolts 28 passing -through the openings 26.

The lower outer corners of the posts are levelledand have secured thereon longitudinal nailing strips 29 by Which the covering of the vehicle is secured at its lower edge.

LThese strips abut the lower portions of the sills and rest on plates 36 bolted tothe sill flange 20.

Prior to bending the lower ends of the posts, a series of saw cuts are made in them and these kerfs filled With a thin strip or veneer 30 of hard wood held by a suitable cement.

`It is found that the cuts enablevthe Wood to bend far more easily thansolid ends in assuming the desired shape and the veneer acts to reenforce the same as if they Were solid.

The flooring 31 preferably consists of sheets of laminated material disposed transversely in the body to rest at their ends on the sill flanges 2O to extend from side to side and are held by bolts 32 passing through the opening 21 in the flanges. y

Directly over the flanges of the frame 1() are strips of-ru'bber 33 or similar material adapted to prevent squeakin'g, due to direct frictional contact of the floor With the flanges, and above the sheets 31 is the usual covering 34 of cement or the like applied in a plastic condition, or linoleum as may be preferred.

Although the foregoing is descriptive of `the preferred embodiment of the invention,

it Willl be apparent that minor changes may ercise of invention or conflictin with the scope of the claims heretoappened.

Having thus described niy invention,.what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A bus body support comprising `in combination with the side frame bars of a vehicle truck, of out-riggers riveted tosaid` bars to extend oppositely outward, Z bars having their lowerflanges bolted tesa-id outriggers and their upper -flanges spacedly notched, posts guided by being entered within the notches, theportions offsaid vflanges displaced to form the notches being raised and used; to secure said posts to said Z bars, anda floor rest-ing on the lower flanges of said Z bars. y v

' Q. A bus body support comprising in combination withthe side frames of an automobile chassis, of out-riggers riveted lto sai-d sidev `frames to extend opposit-ely outward, Z bars having their lower flanges bolted t said out-riggers and their upper vflanges sheared to produce openings having upstanding lugs, plates'bolted on saidlower flanges, posts having their lower endsfxed plates,said posts being ibnlted to said lugs and .Z bar webs, a floor having its lateral 4edges `boltedon the `lower flanges of said bars, and cushion elenients disposed between said floor and the upper elements of said chassis frames. Y

3. `In aibusbody, the combination with a vehicle truck, of Zshaped sill members carried by the-truck, the upper outstanding flanges of said sills` being shearedto produce notches extending to their `upright webs, plates secured to the lower flanges ofsaid sill to register with the fnotches, .and posts resting on said plates to engage the notches.

4. In va bus body frame, 4avbent wooden post having a plurality of spaced kerfs in its lower ond prior to bending,the kerfs'eX- tendingtransverse tothe direction of bending and toa depth equal tothe lengthof bend, and a hard wood `filler cemented .in the kerifslto` completely fill the space therein.

Signed! at ANew York in lthe county of N ew yYork and. State of New York this 11B day of November A. `D. 1926. Y

`MAX L. WVIENER. 

